HRS §490:2A-203

Seals have no legal effect on lease contracts

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This section says that putting a seal on a lease contract or an offer to lease does not make it a special sealed document. The special rules for sealed documents do not apply. It is a narrow rule about seals only.

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The statute, as written — Seals inoperative

A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

The affixing of a seal to a record evidencing a lease contract or an offer to enter into a lease contract does not render the record a sealed instrument and the law with respect to sealed instruments does not apply to the lease contract or offer.

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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